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Gail Jaitin

@gailnyc.bsky.social
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Avid cyclist, pedestrian, and taker of public transit. Lifelong Mets fan. Bronx resident but my heart is in Queens.

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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 7h
Yes please. But not just elementary! Make it happen for middle and high schoolers too.
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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Two in one day—you are bold! I got my flu shot (only) today. It’s my Indigenous People’s Day tradition.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13/10/2026
This morning, the federal government turned the full force of the Department of Homeland Security against a sitting member of Congress for the offense of disagreeing with the White House.

The path to citizenship should not be weaponized against anyone, including Rep. Ilhan Omar, a naturalized American who swore an oath to this country — the same one that I took.

The promise of citizenship should not be contingent on someone agreeing with the federal government.
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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
“Serious questions.”
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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Extremely disturbing.
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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/blog/how-man...
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How Manhattan Island Banished Marble Hill to the Mainland (but not to the Bronx) | New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
Is Marble Hill part of the Bronx or Manhattan? Read the fascinating history behind one of New York's most important infrastructure projects, and how it caused a dispute that's lasted over 100 years.
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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
I didn’t realize it was legally part of Manhattan. I ride through marble hill every Saturday on my way to Inwood. I have to ride over a bridge to get to Manhattan. So you can understand my thinking.
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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
😡
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Hakeem Jeffries met privately with Jared Kushner to strategize about "common ground." Will he meet privately with Ilhan Omar to discuss how House members will defend her? She is a sitting Democratic member of the House.
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Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly
President Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together.
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Bikepedantic @pedantic.bike · 12/10/2026
‘Tis the season: Lin Manuel Miranda does Werewolf Bar Mitzvah www.instagram.com/reel/DeYA-AM...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
TONIGHT’S new-ish book in the #UrbanismBookClub is an important one — “Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities” by @veronicaodavis.bsky.social via @islandpress.bsky.social (2023). Foreword by @tamikabutler.bsky.social, cover art by @martyn.bsky.social. Great read. 2/
Photo of book cover
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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Wow!!
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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
It’s the auto-industry approved way.
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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Marble Hill is in the Bronx. It used to be part of Manhattan, but they moved it. I’m not kidding. Google it.
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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Marble Hill is in the Bronx.
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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I’m a teacher at an nyc public high school. We were promised copies of the “Know Your Rights” comics at the beginning of the school year. So far none have arrived. Would love to see them distributed!
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.
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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So did Margaret Atwood
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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Mamdani draws anger from New York Times editors and owners Mamdani Draws Anger With Oct. 7 Statement Focused on Palestinians www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/n...
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Mamdani Draws Anger With Oct. 7 Statement Denouncing Israel’s Gaza Attacks
After calling the anniversary of the attacks on Israel “profoundly painful,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani denounced Israel’s military action in Gaza, prompting criticism from some Jewish leaders.
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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 07/10/2026
The golden statue by by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt is on display at the European Parliament. trib.al/D8tqHky
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Naked Trump Statute Goes on Display in European Parliament
The golden statue, named The Orange Plague, is now at the European Parliament.
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AI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We’re fighting to keep New York City from rolling out dangerous pilots to test AI on high schoolers - please sign the petition to tell them to stop! actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
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Cancel the High School Pilots
Our high school kids are not guinea pigs for big tech. They shouldn't be required to beta test AI to line the pockets of billionaires or fuel construction of polluting data centers that threaten their...
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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Instantaneously!
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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Exactamundo
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026
UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate. ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs. Here’s what we found. (Published Nov. 2024)
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How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 08/10/2026
At Monday's hearing, City Councilmember Eric Dinowitz repeatedly asked an OpenAI rep if this tech would write entire essays for students and she repeatedly avoided answering. The entire company is predatory trash run by obfuscators and liars.
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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Glad to hear my city council member is doing his job.
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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I found mine and it’s mostly right but got one wrong.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
As the Supreme Court considers this case, we should make this absolutely clear with both our words and actions: Oil companies must be held financially liable for the widespread destruction they've wrought.
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Supreme Court Tangles Over a Major Climate Change Case
The justices began their new term with a landmark dispute over whether local governments can hold oil companies liable for damages from climate change.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Gender Liberation Movement @genderlib.com · 02/10/2026
Over a hundred protesters picketed NewYork-Presbyterian for ending care for trans youth. We're picketing a hospital on the first Thursday of each month through Pride. See you on the streets Nov. 5
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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Omg getting gang raped by seven men while unconscious is NOT CASUAL SEX. WTF
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karanormal activity 💜 @deadontheoutside.bsky.social · 01/06/2024
🎶 you know the day destroys the night night divides the day tried to run tried to hide BREAK ON THROUGH TO THE
two carnivorous mammals of the subfamily Lutrinae in a steeply angled water-filled chute
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Down with Citizens United.
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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 23/09/2026
Elon is now above $16,000,000 spent on the mid-terms. Top races so far: -$5,174,007.32 in TX against @jamestalarico.bsky.social -$3,193,553.94 in OH against @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social -$3,092,319.94 in MI against @abdulelsayed.bsky.social
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The USA Singers @theusasingers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mf’er is like Batman.
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hahaha right?
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John Pettus @johngpettus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
All it takes is loving one person with an intellectual disability, or one person who themselves loves a person like that in their life, for you to stop saying that word. We grew up with it in the 80s. And I stopped using it when I saw I'd hurt someone I cared about. Everyone can and should.
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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Insane
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is crazy! How may direct, urgent warnings were there? www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Egypt’s Warning to Israel
Cairo’s intelligence chief visited Tel Aviv shortly before October 7 with a dire message about Gaza.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Republicans' fear of fake socialism in the United States is bringing about real fascism in the United States. Mainly because they are too ignorant to know the difference.
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TalkTeaV @talkteav.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Bicycle helmets will fill the Grand Concourse when the Tour de Bronx returns Oct. 4 for its 32nd ride. Cyclists will start at 161st Street and Grand Concourse, choose from three routes, and finish at the New York Botanical Garden. #newyorkcity #bronxevents #bikenyc www.talkteav.com/tour-de-bron...
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Tour de Bronx Returns for Its 32nd Ride Across the Borough
More than three decades after the first Tour de Bronx, thousands of cyclists are preparing for another trip through the borough Oct. 4 with three cycling routes.
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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I think Keith is great. I know I’m in a minority but Howie’s “old man yells at cloud” shtick has worn thin.
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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Yeah my thoughts exactly. Why would he want to come here. Money isn’t the only thing.
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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
But cars… #WarOnWalking youtube.com/shorts/yX2iK...
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Sidewalk driving near Yonge & Bloor in Toronto
YouTube video by Johnny Strides
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Gail Jaitin @gailnyc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Excellent article
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Other news organizations should leave the White House. They can of course still cover the administration--almost none of their coverage depends on being there physically. But they shouldn't stay there, raising their hands dutifully in the briefing room, as if it's business as usual.
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